TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Tampa man was charged with 40 counts of child pornography possession after a months-long investigation, police said.
The Tampa Police Department said it got a tip in March about Ruben Machado-Reyes, 55, uploading child pornopgrahy from an internet account.
Following further investigation, officers searched his home Thursday and interviewed him.
After collecting statements from Machado-Reyes and other evidence, the department arrested him on the child porn possession charges, although more charges are pending a forensic analysis of the suspect’s electronic devices.
According to police, Machado-Reyes does not have a prior criminal history.